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Chapter 151 Spaceship Star Map Trade
When Sif returned to Earth, three months had passed.

This time, besides her and several Asgardian guards, there was also a small, beautiful spaceship that looked somewhat familiar to Levi.

A spaceship identical to the "Milano" that Star-Lord piloted when he first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy.

But as Levi and Tony stepped out of the portal and saw the spaceship, a thought instinctively popped into his head: Could it be that Sif bought this spaceship from Yondu and his Raiders?

After all, in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1, during the battle with Ronan, Star-Lord Yondu's Raiders Legion had the most ships of this model.

In contrast, the ships of other raider teams appearing in Galaxy Vol. 2 are quite diverse.

However, when Li Wei's gaze fell on a familiar yet unfamiliar figure beside Sif, he immediately realized that he had misunderstood.

Stallone... no, it should be the leader of all the Raider groups, Starhawk Staka Ogder.

Wow... Does Sif have that much influence?
No, this is probably not just about Sif's face, but about the face of all Asgard.

Despite appearing only as an Easter egg in the Guardians of the Galaxy series, Staka Ogder is a genuine cosmic overlord.

Even large empires like the Nova Empire and the Kree Empire are unwilling to offend this guy casually.

After all, this is someone who can command the entire universe's raider groups.

“Master Victor, this is Staka Ogder, the leader of a famous raider team in the universe, and also your counterparty in this transaction.” Sif immediately introduced Levi upon his arrival.

"Lord Staka Ogder, this is Victor Lee, the disciple of the Supreme Being of Midgard!"

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency Staka Augard!” Levi greeted him, extending his hand.

Staka Augard didn't say anything, but simply reached out and shook hands with Levi.

Immediately, Li Wei felt a strong force coming from his hand.

Just as Li Wei frowned, preparing to retaliate, Staka Augard had already released his grip.

“I was very curious before about what kind of person could make Asgard buy a spaceship from me. Now that I’ve met him, he is indeed an extraordinary individual,” Starka Ogder complimented.

Upon hearing this, Li Wei couldn't help but twitch his lips. The other party had already said both good and bad things; what could he do?
"The spaceship is right here. I will also send someone to teach you how to pilot it and perform routine maintenance. But Mr. Victor, I have something I must say upfront!" Staka Augard said, pointing to the spaceship behind him.

“Please speak, Your Excellency Staka Augard,” Levi nodded in acknowledgment.

“According to the Galactic Convention, Earth is considered a low-level civilization, and all interstellar civilizations are theoretically prohibited from selling interstellar products such as spaceships and star maps to Earth. Even we raiders cannot blatantly violate this convention—in fact, I would never have agreed to this deal if it weren't for Ms. Sif's invitation,” said Staka Augard.

"What do you mean by that?" Staka Augard's words made Levi and Tony both frown.

They never imagined that such a convention existed in the universe.

However, this also shows how influential Asgard was in the universe before Odin died.

"Don't worry, I'm not trying to raise the price. Since we agreed on a price with Ms. Sif, that's the price, and it won't change." Staka Augard shook his head and said, "I just want you to promise me that no matter what happens to you in space in the future, you must never reveal that this spaceship was sold to you by us, the Raiders."

Hearing Staka Ogd's words, Levi and Tony both breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that you don't want to back out.

They weren't actually worried about Staka Augard raising the price, since such a thing didn't exist on Earth, and spending a little more wouldn't be a problem. Their real fear was that the other party wouldn't sell.

"Your Excellency Staka Ogd can rest assured on this point. In the name of the Guardian of Midgard, Kamar-Taj, and with Lady Sif as my witness, I once again guarantee that we will absolutely not disclose any information related to this transaction to anyone outside this venue!" Levi nodded and assured him.

“Very good, I hope Mr. Victor will remember your promise!” Staka Augard was very satisfied with Levi’s assurance. “Then let’s begin the transaction. Do you need to inspect the ship and the star map?”

Upon hearing this, Li Wei looked at Sif.

"Don't worry, Lord Victor, the Asgardian pilots have already inspected the ship. It's brand new, and the star map is perfect!" Sif nodded.

Seeing Sif say this, Levi finally felt relieved.

With a wave of his hand, rows of boxes appeared in the open space between him and Staka Augard.

However, Li Wei had already placed the payment for the goods on his person long ago.

Upon seeing Li Wei's move, Staka Augard's gaze sharpened, and he immediately raised his level of attention to Li Wei by several notches.

No wonder he's someone who can get the Asgardians to help him buy a spaceship; he's truly extraordinary.

Based on this spatial ability alone, Staka Augard didn't think the other party would fare too badly in the universe in the future.

After all, spatial abilities are extremely rare in the entire Milky Way.

“Three thousand standard units of gold, you can verify it!” Levi gestured to Staka Augard.

That's right, the price of the transaction was not the one thousand standard units, or eight hundred kilograms of gold, that Sif had mentioned before.

Instead, it tripled.

It's not because prices have gone up.

The price of the spaceship is still one thousand standard units.

The remaining two thousand standard units represent the price of the star chart...

Yes, star maps are more expensive than spaceships.

Especially the star map of the raiders.

While a normal star map is more expensive than a small spaceship, it's not actually twice as expensive.

But the raiders' star map is different.

This is a special group with multiple identities, including mercenaries, pirates, and brokers, in the universe.

The star map used by the raiders was more detailed than that of many large interstellar civilizations, and even included the coordinates of many special regions.

This point was also confirmed by Sif and the Asgardian technicians.

After discussing it with Tony, Levi readily agreed to the price.

Because, putting everything else aside, just the fact that the Marauders' star map contains the coordinates of Morag and Vomir.

This money was well spent!

After all, these two coordinates represent the locations of the Power Stone and the Soul Stone, the two Infinity Stones, respectively!
Before Thanos began collecting the Infinity Stones, the coordinates of these two planets represented something that anyone familiar with the Marvel Cinematic Universe would know.

In fact, after learning that the Marauders' star map included the planet Morag, they were already aware of this.

Levi and Tony had already made preparations so that their first goal after arriving in space would be to find the Power Stone.

However, they had no intention of using the Power Gem for themselves.

After all, the power of this gem is simply too great.

Even though Li Wei can now borrow Shakora's power, he is not sure if he can control this gem.

So after discussing it, Levi and Tony decided to sell the gem after they got it!

To obtain a massive amount of universal currency to purchase more technology and resources.

Although gold is also a universal currency.

However, the amount of gold on Earth is far too small compared to the entire universe.

Even if Stark Industries bought up all the gold on Earth, it wouldn't really matter in the universe.

Moreover, if that were actually done, it would cause the collapse of the global financial system and the stagnation of the industrial system.

After all, gold is also a very important industrial raw material. It's not worth the risk.

It would be better to sell the Power Gem.

As for who to sell it to.

Without a doubt, it is the Collector of the Void.

We can't possibly sell it to Thanos, that madman.

In any case, for Li Wei and his companions, collecting the Infinity Stones was never the goal.

The priority is to stop Thanos from getting all the Infinity Stones.

Giving a Power Gem to the Collector is perfectly harmless.

After all, if Odin can do that, then Livy and the others can certainly do it too.

As long as they can protect the Time Stone and the Space Stone in the future, that's fine.

"Inspect them!" Upon seeing the chests of gold, Staka Augard waved his hand behind him, and several raider members dressed similarly to him came up with instruments to begin inspecting the gold.

"Purity and quantity are correct!" The raiders' equipment was so advanced that it didn't need to be weighed at all; a simple scan was enough to verify the purity and weight.

Very efficient.

"A pleasant transaction!" Staka Augard was very satisfied with his subordinate's reply.

This deal was quite a big one for the raiders.

Being able to earn so much money and gain face for Asgard makes his risk of violating the Galactic Covenant worthwhile.

"Happy deal!" Levi and Tony were equally satisfied.

Although a considerable amount of gold was spent, even for someone of Tony's wealth, it was still a significant financial blow.

But those are spaceships and star maps, things that others can't buy even if they want to.

Not to mention research.

The cost that S.H.I.E.L.D. spent on the related Project Pegasus project is many times higher!
After receiving the money, neither Staka Augard nor Sif stayed any longer.

They crossed the Rainbow Bridge and left Earth directly.

Only two members of the Raiders remained, staying behind to teach the Alliance members how to pilot the ship.

Moreover, these two raiders, like Staka Ogd, looked exactly like humans.

So there's no need to worry that they'll attract special attention from outsiders on Earth.

…………

After the transaction was completed, Li Wei did not bring the spaceship and the two raiders back to the Alliance headquarters.

Although the raider's spaceship could completely evade detection by all Earth-related facilities, such a large object was visible to the naked eye.

Bringing it back to New York is definitely not realistic.

So Li Wei took them back to Antarctica.

The wilderness is a special place and is definitely not suitable to be shown to two raiders.

But there's no problem in Antarctica.

To prepare for the arrival of the spacecraft, the Alliance specially modified an abandoned observation station in the Antarctic edge region.

It's just a little colder at most.

However, for the current league members, as long as they keep warm, this bit of cold is nothing.

On the contrary, the two raiders, upon discovering that they were about to arrive in an extremely cold region, couldn't help but complain a few times.

However, Li Wei threw several large gold ingots in front of the two of them.

All their complaints disappeared.

They were originally there to teach Levi and the others how to fly the spaceship, and Staka Augard was supposed to give them extra mission compensation.

Li Wei and his group are now so generously giving them extra money.

How could they not be happy?

After the instructors and the spaceship arrived, Li Wei immediately gathered all the members of the Alliance except for Zemo's father and wife, as well as the infant Mindy and Dr. Mercer.

Even little Colleen Wynne, and the Winter Soldier who had been frozen, were no exception.

When they travel to space in the future, most of them will most likely go together.

Therefore, it is not expected that they will be able to completely master the operation of this spaceship.

But at least some basic operations must be mastered.

After all, if any special circumstances arise in the future and the main controllers of the spaceship are not present, the remaining personnel will have to step in.

Moreover, Tony will definitely study and replicate this spaceship in the future.

We can't have the spaceship by then, but not enough people to operate it.

However, none of the alliance members objected to Li Wei's request.

Even little Colleen was full of enthusiasm.

Just kidding, this is a real spaceship.

Other factions on Earth can't even find places to view things even if they pay money.

Now that we're allowed to learn whatever we want, who can refuse?

And so, the entire alliance was swept up in a frenzy of learning spaceship piloting and maintenance techniques.

While everyone in the alliance was immersed in the craze of learning about spaceship-related technologies...

Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D., or rather Hydra, did not slow down their self-destructive pace.

Their research on the black sky has made another breakthrough.

Shakra had previously coveted the Black Sky, and Levi even asked Peggy Carter to keep an eye on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s research on the Black Sky.

However, after Shakora obtained the Saint Vanganza Contract, the energy from the Black Sky that might have been somewhat replenishing for her no longer held much appeal for her.

As a result, this matter was completely shelved by Li Wei.

However, S.H.I.E.L.D. has never stopped its research on the Black Sky.

And while the Alliance was enthusiastically learning about spaceships...

The S.H.I.E.L.D. research base for Black Sky was completely wiped out, and Black Sky, along with its new host, disappeared.

"What? Ava Starr has become the host of Black Sky?" Levi was quite surprised when he received the news from Peggy Carter.

(End of this chapter)